Bibeau, Huskies beat Screaming Eagles to extend win streak

Cape Breton Post

Published: Feb 23 at 4:44 a.m.

Cape Breton Screaming Eagles - Contributed

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. —

Félix Bibeau had a goal and three assists to help lead the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies to a 7-5 win over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action at Aréna Iamgold on Friday.

Joël Teasdale scored twice while Alexis Arsenault, Alex Beaucage, Rafaël Harvey-Pinard and William Cyr added single markers for the Huskies (50-7-0-1), who extend their win streak to 20 consecutive games.

Egor Sokolov netted two goals while Leon Gawanke, Derek Gentile and Mitchell Balmas also scored goals for the Screaming Eagles (33-20-1-4), who have lost four straight games.

Samuel Harvey made 30 saves for the Huskies. Kevin Mandolese turned aside 53 of 59 shots for the Screaming Eagles.

Rouyn-Noranda jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period with goals by Teasdale on the power play, Arsenault and Beaucage, but the Screaming Eagles would respond, scoring twice in the first period with goals by Gawanke and Sokolov on the power play, before Gentile tied the game at 4:31 of the second period.

The Huskies regained the lead just past the halfway mark of the second frame with Harvey-Pinard finding the back of the net shorthanded.

Rouyn-Noranda added to their lead in the third period with a goal early in the fame with Teasdale netting his second of the game on the power play. Cape Breton cut the Huskies lead to one with Balmas' goal on the power play, but Cyr regained the two-goal lead shortly after, making the contest 6-4, before Sokolov buried his second marker of the game to once again pull the Screaming Eagles to within one.

Bibeau secured the win for the Huskies scoring into an empty net on the power play at 19:33 of the third period.

Rouyn-Noranda out shot Cape Breton 60-35 while going 3-for-5 on the power play. The Screaming Eagles went 3-for-4 with the man-advantage.

Cape Breton will return to action on Saturday when they play the Val-d'Or Foreurs (21-32-4-1). Game time is 7 p.m. Atlantic at the Centre air Creebec in Val-d'Or, Que.